Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fauvette

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fau-vette
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a number of small songbird, such as nightingales or warblers.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"On the other hand a young owl, which had as yet only been fed by hand, began of itself to eat by devouring a fauvette which was lodged with it."

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French fauvette, diminutive of fauve (“fawn-coloured”).

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

fauvettes (plural)

Questions

What does fauvette mean?: Any of a number of small songbird, such as nightingales or warblers.
Where does fauvette come from?: Unadapted borrowing from French fauvette, diminutive of fauve (“fawn-coloured”).

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